In partnership with The Farnsworth Group, HIRI has developed a monthly tracker, surveying homeowners to learn what they see, think, and are doing right now in the home improvement arena.
In partnership with The Farnsworth Group, HIRI has developed a monthly tracker where we talk to Pro to learn what they see, think, and are doing right now in the home improvement arena.
To identify unmet needs in project planning, HIRI conducts a bi-annual project decision study covering 19 different project categories. The surveys included insightful questions into consumers’ project schedules and decision-making processes, highlighting motivations for the project, project costs, and roles of household members and paid professionals.
Learn more about Contractor brand and supplier loyalty in HIRI’s Contractor Topic Study.
This report outlines the product purchases of professional contractors over 11 product categories.
Professional contractors have their own needs and desires when choosing which channel to purchase their goods. Learn pro’s channel selection behaviors, drivers and satisfactions with the Contractor Channel Study report.
The HIRI Contractor Topic Study surveys more than 500 professional contractors biennially to better understand contractor behaviors, attitudes, and business practices in the home improvement market.
Where do contractors prefer to shop for the products they use for their projects? Learn more from HIRI’s 3rd Qtr 2022 Contractor Topic Study.
This custom research highlights the growth of smart home devices and solutions, including the increased value of technology, role of the home network and Wi-Fi solutions, and the impact of the pandemic on home improvements and second home ownership.
Supply chain constraints, product pricing and extended timelines are an ongoing problem for Pro contractors. Learn some insights into what the Pros are seeing on the ground-level with this release of the Contractor Topical survey.
As part of our commitment to provide HIRI members with some of the best research, we have partnered with Trend Hunter, a leader in trend spotting, to help identified what are some of the trends that play a role in the home, housing, and home improvement. As part of this partnership, we will be releasing a series of reports focusing on these trends. Along with the information itself within the report, each one gives an opportunity to dig deeper into the various topics to related writings and articles supporting these trends.
Many homeowners approach their home improvement projects with great ambition. Whether they’re skilled with their hands or simply have spare time, the do-it-yourself approach relies on the homeowner to tackle projects without outside help.
